scattered en · ADJ
Pronunciation
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- /ˈskætəd/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- /ˈskætɚd/ (General-American)
Meanings
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Dispersed, spread apart into disunited units.
The surroundings become bleak in the extreme as the timber line is approached and trees give place to thinly scattered birches that are little more than bushes.
1957 August 14, H. A. Vallance, “By Rail to the Norwegian Arctic”, in Railway Magazine, page 574:scattered applause
And when their ſcattered armie is ſubdu’d: And you march on their ſlaughtered carkaſſes, Share equally the gold that bought their liues, And liue like Gentlmen in Perſea, […]
c. 1587–1588 (date written), [Christopher Marlowe], Tamburlaine the Great. […] The First Part […], 2nd edition, part 1, London: […] [R. Robinson for] Richard Iones, […], published 1592, →OCLC; reprinted as Tamburlaine the Great (A Scolar Press Facsimile), Menston, Yorkshire; London: Scolar Press, 1973, →ISBN, Act II, scene ii:
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Seemingly randomly distributed.
There were many wooden chairs for the bulk of his visitors, and two wicker armchairs with red cloth cushions for superior people. From the packing-cases had emerged some Indian clubs,[…], and all these articles[…] made a scattered and untidy decoration that Mrs. Clough assiduously dusted and greatly cherished.
1918, W[illiam] B[abington] Maxwell, chapter XII, in The Mirror and the Lamp, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, →OCLC:
- (of clouds) Covering three eighths to four eighths of the sky.
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(of precipitation) Affecting 30 percent to 50 percent of a forecast zone.
Scattered showers.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| more scattered | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic | |
| most scattered | Degree=Sup | lexicographic |
Deriveds
unscattered · scattered shower · rescattered · upscattered · scattered disc · scatteredly · scatteredness · nonscattered · overscattered
Translations (37)
fr disséminé (Randomly distributed) · bg разкъсан (meteorology: covering three eighths to four eighths of sky) · es desperdigado (Randomly distributed) · fi hajanainen (meteorology: affecting 30% to 50% of area) · mi kahora (Randomly distributed) · mi tīraurau (Randomly distributed) · ro răzleț (Randomly distributed) · uk розки́даний (Randomly distributed) · fr éparpillé (Randomly distributed) · es esparsido (Randomly distributed) · ckb بِڵاو (Randomly distributed) · es disperso (Randomly distributed) · ro risipit (Randomly distributed) · ota منتشر (Randomly distributed) · fi hajanainen (Randomly distributed) · ar مُتَفَرِّق (Randomly distributed) · pt disperso (Randomly distributed) · ro împrăștiat (Randomly distributed) · ckb پەرت (Randomly distributed) · fr épars (meteorology: covering three eighths to four eighths of sky) · ru раски́данный (Randomly distributed) · fi melko selkeä (meteorology: covering three eighths to four eighths of sky) · fr épars (Randomly distributed) · mi pūrei (Randomly distributed) · mi pūreirei (Randomly distributed) · ro dispersat (Randomly distributed) · bg разпръснат (Randomly distributed) · pt espalhado (Randomly distributed) · kmr belav (Randomly distributed) · mi rauroha (Randomly distributed) · fr épars (meteorology: affecting 30% to 50% of area) · uk розсі́яний (Randomly distributed) · ga scaoilteach (Randomly distributed) · mi mārārara (Randomly distributed) · la dispersus (Randomly distributed) · ru разбро́санный (Randomly distributed) · cs roztroušený (Randomly distributed)